Hi everyone, Thanks for the wrap up of the discussion Ryan, it's great to see what's been discussed in one place.
The NY State Food Policy Council has targeted regional food processing facilities as an important part of food self-sufficiency in the state. I attended and testified (as a representative of NWAEG at Cornell) at the Binghamton listening session this spring and most of the groups testifying mentioned regional food processing as a top priority. The executive director of the Food Bank Association of NY State, John Evers, expressed a strong personal commitment to making this happen and talked about creating a pilot food processing facility in conjunction with one of the main food banks in the state. I'm mentioning this because there is a possibility of logistical and/or financial support from the state if Ithaca's initiative can be pitched as part of this larger state-wide project. http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/ Information on the listening sessions is under the "what's new" tab. http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/foodpolicycouncil.html The coordinator for the Food Policy Council is Ann McMahon <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Allison ************************************************************************************** Allison L H Jack Graduate Student Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology http://pppmb.cals.cornell.edu Cornell University 335 Plant Science Ithaca, NY 14850 607.273.5762 ************************************************************************************* "...Advancing a productive and sustainable agriculture" from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences mission statement _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
